We never really know. We have ideas, get samples made, ask Haraki to make them, then patiently wait for them to turn up.....We always give the seasonal releases and constant items priority in the workshops, so the other stuff just pops out when it pops out.
After we have placed the production orders, we don't really bother Tom san for updates, she doesn't need the extra hassle, it makes not a lot of difference to us and we quite like forgetting what we have asked for, because we like surprises too....

We try to remember to pop photos of samples that we know will go into production in this thread, but we're not even very good at that.......
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